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Synonyms & Antonyms for lip
Synonyms: Adjective
artificial, backhanded, counterfeit, double, double-dealing, double-faced, fake, feigned, hypocritical, insincere, Janus-faced, jive [slang], left-handed, mealy, mealymouthed, Pecksniffian, phony (also phoney), phony-baloney (or phoney-baloney), pretended, two-faced, unctuous
Synonyms: Verb
bathe, lap, lave, splash, wash
Antonyms: Adjective
artless, candid, genuine, heartfelt, honest, sincere, undesigning, unfeigned
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Examples of lip in a Sentence
Noun
He had a cut on his lip. She was nervously biting her lip. the lips of a wound the lip of a crater the lip of a pitcherAdjective
part of the ritual of the awards ceremony is the nominee's lip praise for the performances of his or her competitorsVerb
the waves, reflecting the red glow of the sunset, gently lipped the prow
Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
Cooney's urgent plea barely crossed his lips when the reel on Orr's rod popped off and fell on the deck. — oregonlive.com, "Monroe: Ocean fishing has vastly improved this summer," 6 July 2019 In December, Prada discontinued a line of bag charms and window displays featuring monkey-like characters with outsize red lips. — David Ingram, NBC News, "Italian airline Alitalia apologizes for showing actor in blackface as Barack Obama," 4 July 2019 Last December, Prada stopped selling its Otto charm, a monkey-like figure with red lips. — Kim Willis, USA TODAY, "Italian airline Alitalia 'deeply apologizes' for Obama video showing an actor in blackface," 4 July 2019 Onto the small stage strides a busty Mizrahi woman, her lips defined by serious black lipstick and hair concealed by a luminescent headscarf. — Laura E. Adkins, sun-sentinel.com, "20-year-old Israeli combat soldier is also a drag queen," 3 July 2019 Austrian's have been licking their lips at the idea of having two prodigious talents in the same team after never really fully asserting themselves in International or European tournaments. — SI.com, "Valentino Lazaro: 5 Things to Know About the New Inter Star," 2 July 2019 From her outfit to her hair, and even her full brows, the emcee dons white on white on white, with nude lips and a flawless face. — Shalwah Evans, Essence, "Cardi B May Be Starting A Beauty Trend With Her ‘Press’ Video," 27 June 2019 Gimlet fans will greet the refreshing Bago Club with open lips. — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, "Thamee lets diners feast on Burmese stories," 14 June 2019 For that film, Malek was allowed to wear replicas of the Queen frontman's iconic teeth — but mostly lip-synced for the role. — Samantha Sasso, refinery29.com, "Even Taron Egerton's Teeth Got A Makeover For Rocketman," 4 June 2019Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective
While Kylie recently made headlines for reaching billionaire status partly thanks to those lip kits in your makeup bag, Travis has been busy making dollars of his own. — Jasmine Gomez, Seventeen, "Travis Scott's Net Worth Is Absolutely Insane," 3 May 2019 The Kiss and Tell lip crayon set offers five different shades — including a caramel nude, poppy pink, and a subtle mauve — in the It's Balm formulation. — Tanisha Pina, Allure, "Exclusive: Your First Look at the Gorgeous Julep 2018 Holiday Collection," 18 Sep. 2018 Just to put that in perspective, most Kylie Cosmetics lip kits are priced at $30, which translates to roughly 1,518 sold every two hours to bring in that kind of cash. — Abby Gardner, Glamour, "Kylie Jenner Makes More Money in Two Hours Than Most Americans Do in a Year," 8 Aug. 2018 Customers can currently purchase an array of beauty products aside from lip kits, which are now available in a variety of shades. — Zoe Szathmary, Fox News, "Kylie Jenner's career highlights, from makeup mogul to Forbes cover girl," 19 July 2018 There's no word on what the complete collection will include, yet, but the video does seem to point to lip products and a set of possible eyeshadow. — Lauren Rearick, Teen Vogue, "Patrick Starrr Announced His Destination Diva MAC Cosmetics Collection," 22 Aug. 2018 The collection consists of four lipsticks ($18.50), two lip pencils ($18), four lip glosses ($17.50), an eye palette ($32) and a bronzing powder ($28), all of which are inspired by Aaliyah’s music videos and most popular looks. — Alexa Tietjen | Wwd, latimes.com, "How Instagram willed a MAC X Aaliyah collaboration to fruition," 19 June 2018 To stop lip color from migrating into lines, pretreat the area around the mouth with concealer: Using your fingertip, lightly dot on one that contains reflective particles. — Abbie Kozolchyk, Good Housekeeping, "Best Tips and Tools to Whiten Your Smile," 7 Jan. 2011 Not using a lip brush turned out to be my problem with the Fenty Beauty lip paint. — Marisa Meltzer, The Seattle Times, "How to do a makeup look in 5 minutes, tops," 7 Sep. 2018Recent Examples on the Web: Verb
With everything from sky high lash extensions to nail and lip lacquers, there’s not only a variety of ways to show off your pride this month (and year-round), but these beauty products give back. — Shalwah Evans, Essence, "10 Beauty Products That Celebrate Pride Month And Give Back," 11 June 2019 Fifty women shuffle in their seats, digging into their handbags for mascara and lip gloss and combs. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "Column One: For lonely men in Spanish towns, the ‘caravan of women’ brings hope of love," 14 May 2019 Investigators are being tight-lipped about the case, saying holding back basic details may help solve it. — Fox News, "Reward for missing University of Iowa student hits $260,000," 6 Aug. 2018 The drop includes six shades each of highlighter ($10), jelly shadows ($8), lipstick bullets ($8), and lip gloss ($7), plus two glitter pastes ($10), plus a 15-pan eye shadow palette ($22). — Leah Prinzivalli, Allure, "ColourPop's New Disney Villains Makeup Collection Is the Badass Collab You've Been Waiting For," 20 Mar. 2019 There were guys who lip synced to the Pokémon song. — Eric Johnson, Recode, "‘Eighth Grade’ director Bo Burnham is happy that a lot of people ‘have no idea who I am’," 30 July 2018 All will lip sync for their lives in a bracket-style battle before RuPaul crowns a winner. — Dave Quinn, PEOPLE.com, "RuPaul's Drag Race Season 1 Queens Join Season 10 Cast for Epic Finale Lip Sync," 28 June 2018 Because of technical limitations on floats, performers at the Thanksgiving Day Parade commonly lip-sync during the live telecast. — Kelly O'sullivan, Country Living, "Kelly Clarkson's Performance at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade Has Everyone Talking," 26 Nov. 2018 Both sides in the special counsel’s case against former national security adviser Michael Flynn are staying tight-lipped after a judge demanded information about why Flynn’s sentencing is once again being delayed. — Alex Pappas, Fox News, "Mueller, Flynn give vague response when judge demands answers on sentencing delays," 2 July 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'lip.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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